My Approach
My approach is body-focused, drawing inspiration from my personal healing journey and the groundbreaking work in the field of trauma by experts such as Peter A. Levine, Bessel van der Kolk, and Gabor Maté. Their research and insights highlight that true healing from trauma necessitates a holistic approach where the body plays a central role.
In my one-on-one and group sessions, I focus on your needs, providing a space where you and your emotions can simply be. Healing occurs when we feel fully seen and heard. Safety fosters trust, and connection, and helps us learn to tolerate and embrace even the most unbearable feelings. By learning to love our suppressed parts, we create inner space for the full spectrum of our emotions.
Our emotional skills define the quality of our relationships in life. Enhancing emotional resilience contributes to a deeper, more conscious relationship with oneself, ultimately forming the foundation for navigating life's most challenging times and helping us learn how to feel rooted and connected within ourselves and our relationships.
©Feminine Essence
my story
My name is Emmeline, and I am the founder of Soul Space. Due to my experiences with gun violence in my environment and the long struggle against post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), I spent much of my life in survival mode, disconnected from my emotions.
The journey back to a feeling body, and thus a vibrant and emotionally rich life, was long and full of obstacles, but it is the greatest gift I have ever given myself!
In 2022 I quit my management job in the refugee sector and committed myself to healing from my past and finding my life´s purpose. I realized that talk therapy wasn´t enough to re-establish the disconnection I felt towards my body.
Only when I started to try body-focused practices like breathwork, sound healing, somatic exercises and movement, did I observe a significant change within myself.
In the last two years, I engaged in trauma-informed breathwork- sound healing and cacao ceremony facilitator trainings, at first with the motivation to heal and deepen the relationship to my body and thus myself.
On this journey, I discovered that the pain of my past would always be a part of me. However, I also realized that I could transform this pain into a powerful life force by sharing my story and creating projects to support others facing similar challenges. This realization led to the birth of Soul Space.
My vision for Soul Space is to create a community for like-minded conscious souls to come together in connection and practice emotional awareness, vulnerability, self-expression, and who live free of the burdens of their past.
©Feminine Essence
my mission
I´m on a mission to help other people feel rooted within themselves. I believe we are highly spiritual beings who all carry a place within us that is connected to a higher consciousness. However, many of us feel disconnected from ourselves, creating deep inner conflicts and mental health issues.
I believe by facing this inner darkness, we can transform negative behavior patterns into conscious awareness. Thereby, we can create space to make conscious decisions about how we want life to move forward.
In my work, I help you connect to this life force by supporting you to face the coping mechanisms that block you from experiencing your emotions and thus living from your life force.
Most of us are afraid of our fears, of feeling the fullness of emotions, of facing our traumas (I was one of them!) yet my life experience and professional training taught me the only way to be the creator of our life is to foster a healthy and connected relationship to our emotions.
At Soul Space, I create spaces for you to dive into your inner world and train your emotional resilience. Unfortunately, our culture has very little spaces where we can relearn and change our negative behavior patterns. With Soul Space, I want to make a valuable contribution to a more emotionally aware society.
Education & Professional experience
Bachelor of Religious Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2014-2017.
Master Islamic Studies, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 2017-2019.
Hero Zukunft GmbH, 2019-2022
Youth Social Worker
Volunteer Coordinator
Deputy Manager
Breathwork Facilitator Training, Yogaloft bv Belgium, 25H, 2022.
Sound Healing Practitioner, Jana Dielen, 30H Sound Meditation, 2023.
Cacao Ceremony Facilitator, at Innercamp, June 2023.
Trauma Release & Breathwork Facilitator, at Inner-Journey in Hilversum (The Netherlands), March and April 2024.
